Wednesday, February 19, 2014

ABC Go is a great alphabet app made by Peapod Labs. This would be a good app for students in Kindergarten and 1st grade. The app is available for the iPhone and iPad. It does cost $2.99, but is worth the purchase.

Students can explore the app's them (go) by scrolling through the alphabet. Once an image is selected, students can manipulate videos and images related to the word. You can click on a letter to go to another series of images.

Peapod Labs has a variety of ABC apps that focus on different themes, like the farm, music, and actions.

ScreenChomp is one of many great digital creation apps out there for students and teachers to use on the iPad.

ScreenChomp allows the user to record their own voice will creating on the "whiteboard". You use your finger or stylus to manipulate the pens. You can also add backgrounds (images of worksheets, maps, or the classroom clock) from the iPad's camera roll, DropBox, or an image you take right then.

Once you finish and stop the recording, you will immediately see a playback of what you just did. You can do one of three things: (1) delete it, (2) save it to your iPad, (3) share it. If you decide to share, you will get a web address that provides a directly link to your ScreenChomp creation.

Tiny Chicken Learns Math is an iPhone/iPad app by TapToLearn Software. This is a free app that provide students with practice on the four math operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).